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L.A. Film Critics Association Announces 2013 Honorees

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LAFCA just announced their 2013 winners, among them many films we’ve played or are playing, and one very lovely picture we are proud to be opening very soon: Spike Jonze’s HER, which they named Best Picture (in a tie with GRAVITY). They also gave it the award for Best Production Design and the movie was runner up in three other categories: Best Screenplay, Director and Score. HER is an original, moving, funny, beautifully realized knock-out featuring Scarlett Johansson’s best-yet peformance. And you never even see her face.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsQqMwacZQw#t=3

75th Anniversary Screenings Added in Claremont, NoHo, Pasadena, and Santa Monica!

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We’ve added four special film events across Los Angeles in addition to our 75th Anniversary gala in West L.A. All proceeds will benefit the Laemmle Charitable Foundation.

DERSU UZALA
Sunday, December 15 @ 10:00 AM
Monica in Santa Monica
Purchase tickets | Purchase $100 sponsorship

CONTEMPT
Sunday, December 15 @ 7:30 PM
Claremont 5 in Claremont
Purchase tickets | Purchase $100 sponsorship

WINGS OF DESIRE
Monday, December 16 @ 7:30 PM
NoHo 7 in North Hollywood
Purchase tickets | Purchase $100 sponsorship

BABETTE’S FEAST
Wednesday, December 18 @ 7:30 PM
Playhouse 7 in Pasadena
Purchase tickets | Purchase $100 sponsorship

Ticket prices:

$8 for general admission ($6 with premiere card).
$10 includes one admission, small popcorn & fountain drink ($8 with premiere card).
$25 includes one admission, small popcorn, small drink, plus a voucher for 75th anniversary t-shirt.
$100 ‘Sponsor’ package includes two of everything from the $25 level plus the option to be named as the sponsor of the event, early seating, and private reception with Bob and/or Greg Laemmle.

Help for the Holidays + Flicks Candy

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As a gesture of thanks to the community that has sustained us for seventy-five years, Laemmle Theatres is pleased to announce HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS.  We have matched each of our theatres with a specific local charitable organization.  The funds raised from the sale of Flicks candy at each theatre during this holiday season will be passed on to the following worthy organizations:

Every time someone purchases a Flicks Candy for $2.50, Laemmle Theatres will donate $1.00 to charity. We also have special combinations:

1) small popcorn, small fountain drink + Flicks for $8.25 ($1 Off for Patron & $2 going to charity)

2) medium popcorn, medium fountain drink + Flicks for $9.00 ($1.50 Off for Patron & $2.50 going to charity)

3) large popcorn, large fountain drink + Flicks for $9.75 ($2 off for Patron & $3 going to Charity)

Claremont – HOUSE OF RUTH

Monica – OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER

NoHo – L.A. FAMILY HOUSING

Playhouse – UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES

Music Hall and Royal – WESTSIDE FOOD BANK

Town Center – SOVA

We don’t normally sell Flicks, but it is a delicious, old-timey candy first introduced in 1904. Try it! We’ll only be selling it through the holidays.

For more information about our charitable activities, visit http://laemmlefoundation.org/

 

JFK: A PRESIDENT BETRAYED Q and A’s this Weekend

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The JFK: A PRESIDENT BETRAYED filmmakers will be in our theaters this weekend for post-screening discussions with audiences. Here’s the schedule:

Saturday: Director Cory Taylor at the NoHo, Producer Darin Nellis at the Monica and Producer Nicole Corbin at the Playhouse.

Sunday: Taylor at the NoHo, Corbin at the Playhouse and Nellis at the Claremont. All screenings begin at 11 AM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupN6VTfG30

Songs from the New Coen Brothers Movie INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

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In December we’re excited to open the Coen Brothers’ new movie INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, and one of the reasons, other than the fact that the Coens are inevitably entertaining, is that this one, like O Brother Where Art Thou?, has a major musical component, in this case, the American folk music revival of early 1960’s Greenwich Village. NPR is streaming the entire T Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack, and there is some beautiful stuff. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuQ8pz-5WLY

N.Y. Times: “Dickens’s Unknown Character: Himself – Ralph Fiennes on ‘The Invisible Woman,’ a Dickensian Tale”

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The New York Times just published Terrence Rafferty’s piece about Ralph Fiennes’ new film about Charles Dickens, THE INVISIBLE WOMAN. He directs and stars as the great novelist and, as it happens, plays Magwitch in a new production of GREAT EXPECTATIONS, which we’ll open in multiple theaters this month. We’re also excited to open THE INVISIBLE WOMAN on Christmas Day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlKt1ssfpbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azw6_VDBW34

Tahrir Up Close: THE SQUARE Q and A’s at the Monica

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The director and producer of THE SQUARE, the acclaimed documentary about the Egyptian revolution, will participate in Q&A’s at the Monica this weekend. Director Jehane Noujaim and producer Karim Amer will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 PM screening and introduce the 9:55 PM screening on Saturday, November 2. Amer will also do Q&A’s after the 4:10 and 7:10 screenings on Sunday the 3rd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twB2zAOzsKE

STAFF PICK – “Blood Brother”

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Blood Brother is a breathtaking film packed with humanity.  It chronicles the life of ROCKY BRAAT, a young American who, on a trip to India, finds himself volunteering at a group home for kids with HIV. With Rocky and the irrepressible children, it’s love at first sight and their lives soon become intertwined.

Fortunately for Rocky and film audiences, his good friend STEVE HOOVER just happens to be a gifted filmmaker. Skeptical at first, Hoover is persuaded to travel to India and document Rocky’s exploits.  The result is a powerful and eloquent depiction of the situation at the group home, illuminating Rocky, the plight of the kids, village life in India, and the nature of love, amongst other things.

There’s scarcely a need to go into further detail about Blood Brother.  Yes, it’s well-made, even unexpectedly stylized at certain points.  But more than that it’s a transformative experience.  Brilliantly, it compels us to watch things that are very hard to watch, yet does so with such love and tenderness that we never feel the need to turn our heads.  Buoyed by Rocky’s courage, we feel that we too can look into the heart of suffering and face it with newfound resolve and compassion.

In a Q&A session at the Royal, Hoover related that all ticket revenue from Blood Brother will be donated to a non-profit recently founded to support Rocky’s work. If that’s not enough you can also donate directly HERE.

For Laemmle audiences Blood Brother is yet another example of film transcending entertainment, commerce, and one might argue, even art.  It’s a must see.

– Marc H.